Position Snapshot

Location: Bucuresti

Position level: J

Position Summary

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for understanding, communicating and helping to implement sourcing strategies on a local level (at the market) including new or changing items/services, P2P channel management and of new suppliers. The Procurement Support Specialist gathers data and business requirements and conveys local requirements to transmit them to Local/Regional Business Partners and Local Sourcing teams and Above Market Category teams for setting actions/strategies accordingly.  He/she will work to liaise with the NiM stakeholders for assigned scope focused on functions and plant, production and Co-Man sites in the Market concerned. 

A day in the life of...

•    Provide the Local Business Partner with information and requirements gathered through the daily business and report to him/her on a regular basis. 
•    Provide to Above market/At market Category teams data and business requirements into MVGR (Monthly Volume Gathering requirements - R&P) or any other support documentation. 
•    Proactively understand the business needs and requirements within the assigned scope for functional and plant level requirements in the NiM serviced 
•    Carry out data analysis, identifying improvements to be targeted in the S2P flows.
•    Interface with local suppliers as required to help with any supplier development, or supplier switch out activities as directed by category and sourcing teams
•    Work out budgeting process with input from Above/At market category management, in collaboration with Procurement controlling. Resolve price variation and mitigate risk together with Sourcing specialists and Business Partners (R&P, CAPEX, ICP - Integrated Commercial Planning, etc)
•    Integrate innovation, renovation from suppliers into all  functional or site/production processes, ensuring that all suppliers to that site adhere to Nestlé's Suppliers Code and all actions from audit events are acted upon 
•    Provide information and support for Procurement Ensure Supply process - PES(e.g.  Prioritized list of materials for risk analysis, input for criteria for risk analysis)
 

What will make you successful

•    Demonstrated success in delivering competitive advantage to the business for sustained period of time
•    Demonstrated success in delivering competitive advantage to the business for sustained period of time
•    Demonstrated successful use of risk management, analyses, responsible sourcing and supplier relation management
•    Ability to use networks to influence business activity
•    Financial understanding
•    Good business writing and speaking skills with the ability to convince others
•    Ability to use networks to influence business activity
•    Flexibility to respond to changing requirements and project environments
•    Advanced negotiation abilities to develop win/win situations with key suppliers
•    Fluency in English and Romanian
•    Working with cross-functional teams, cross-geographies.